Enough with the never-ending debate over the issue, let’s have two official languages, Malay and English. Problem solved.

While Malaysia generally stays under the radar, it is one of Asia’s most friendly and tolerant countries where its three major ethnic communities live mostly in harmony.

The duo then formed Women for Refugees and recruited teachers via Instagram. They now have about 20 volunteers, giving weekly two-hour literacy classes in English and Malay in a rundown two-story ...

In Malaysia, circumstances changed for writers in English at a precipitous rate as they were soon pushed to the margins of national culture. In 1966, Han Suyin optimistically defined Malaysian ...

Uthaya Sankar pivots from Malay to English in new book. 30-May-2023, 07:00. 30 May 2023, 07:00. Theevya Ragu @ FMT Lifestyle. Share.

As to how well Malaysia is doing in an Asian context, the answer is incredibly well. Based on the EF EPI rankings, Malaysia is the country with the 3rd highest score in English proficiency.

It is true that English writings have made phenomenal advances in many of the postcolonial societies in the last fifty odd years, so much so that Salman Rushdie made the controversial claim that ...